Rishi Sunak all set to script history as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime MinisterSunak takes the place of a resigning Liz Truss, who beat him in a Tory election just over a month-and-a-half ago. The 42-year-old is the UK...
25 Oct, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
View: The ideological reset for 1991 reforms was drafted into India’s growth strategy in 1980However, even a rudimentary scholarly analysis suggests otherwise. It all began in 1980 — and unbelievably — under the prime ministership o...
17 Jun, 2021, 12.11 AM IST
More to Delhi’s pollution than crop burningCrop residue burning is one part of the problem. A seasonal source of particulate matter pollution, crop residue burning is a demonstration...
27 Oct, 2020, 04.54 PM IST
View: US shows that states can defy citizenship lawsBJP should re-think its strategy. Modi should publicly contradict Home Minister Shah’s pledge to force a NRC.
19 Jan, 2020, 08.14 PM IST
Privatisation: A bad solution for India’s banking problemsThe current PSB recapitalisation plan announced by the government, amounting to Rs 2.11 lakh crore over two years, would account for less t...
16 Feb, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
Shehbaz Sharif likely to succeed Nawaz Sharif as Pakistan PM: ReportAfter chairing the meeting as president of his party, Nawaz recommended his own brother Shehbaz to be his replacement as the prime minister...
31 Jul, 2017, 07.00 AM IST
'Chauthi Koot' review: It will stun you without an effort'Chauthi Koot' is arguably the finest film on Punjab militancy, leaving behind such masterpieces if the genre as Gulzar's 'Maachis'.
05 Aug, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Pranab Mukherjee: I never aspired for Prime MinistershipPranab Mukherjee said he was left "shell-shocked and flabbergasted" at his ouster from the Rajiv Gandhi Cabinet.
28 Jan, 2016, 09.29 PM IST
16-year trend of poor monsoon in Punjab, HaryanaExperts are divided over why rains have been consistently failing in the region but the trend has dire implications for agriculture, which ...
22 Sep, 2014, 11.19 AM IST
Former Prime minister IK Gujral dies at 92Former Prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who transformed India's icy relationship with archrival Pakistan during his time in government, d...
30 Nov, 2012, 04.21 PM IST
Dairy workers from Punjab keep Italy's Parmesan industry goingNow, even the Italian government recognises the need for immigrants from Punjab in the cheese-producing regions of the country.
22 Jan, 2012, 06.54 AM IST
- Giani Zail Singh and Sanjay Gandhi responsible for Punjab crisis in 80s: Book
'A Centenary History of the Indian National Congress' makes critical observations on "dirty politics" in the name of religion in Punjab.
31 May, 2011, 04.20 PM IST
- Sterlite to complete financial closure of TSPL in 3 mths
Vedanta Group company Sterlite Energy Limited hopes to complete the financial closure of the 1,980-MW Talwandi Sabo Power Project, to be se...
23 Sep, 2009, 02.40 PM IST
- Economic downturn may hit hard Indians in UK: IWA
There are "grave implications" of the current economic downturn for 1.5 million people of Indian origin working and living in Britain, acco...
26 Nov, 2008, 11.20 AM IST
- Punjab needs new plough to regain leadership
The huge amount of retail investment by major businesses will practically guarantee success if supplies can be obtained.
31 Aug, 2007, 03.10 AM IST
- Red alert for Punjab's agriculture sector
A study by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has put out the red alert on the farm sector in the heartland of the green ...
10 Oct, 2006, 02.41 AM IST
- Punjab must diversify crops or face crisis
How would you like it if, in the near future, fertile breadbasket Punjab turns into an arid tract of cactus fields?
07 Oct, 2006, 02.13 AM IST